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The intense pacing of first week to second week has proven itself to be as painful as ever- shifting from general education to major. In just a couple years Noli will be free and having passed the half-way mark really motivates him to finish it, do what he has been doing for the last 14 years of his life.
007n7 is taking a quick shower while in the mean time Noli lays in the bottom of their shared bunk bed, and without thinking much- closes his eyes for just a couple more minutes. A single, quiet sigh and before he knows it- Seven is out of the shower, looking clean and ready to leave for class while Noli's still in his pajamas, looking like he just woke up from a 5-year power nap.
"Don't you ever think you're gonna be in trouble for being late to class, or do you just want to get kicked from here?" Seven glances over at his lazy roommate.
"Don't you ever realize you don't have to care about me so much?" Noli shot back with mean tone. "I can get up in a minute, just- you can go without me."
"Aww, no way dude- do you hate math that much? C'mon, get up now or else I'm dragging your ass out of bed with me straight to class." Seven stated as he turned to the door.
"what-? dude. okay fine.! I'm up now." Unfortunately his flawless plan of skipping class for the day with absolutely no care in the world didn't work as intended and he had to chose plan B; Get up, go to first class and then fall asleep during the rest of the day. Surely he's got it this time.
Looking back at it now, he doesn't want to be kicked out of college anyway, especially after putting up with it so for so long, there's no way he should get himself into trouble not even a month into his third year. But oh well, here he is, sitting in math class- listening to the teacher yap about equations and the importance of problem-solving or whatever.
He looks over at 007n7 from the back, thinking- How does he understand it so well? Is this subject even interesting for him? How can he spend the first hour of his day simply just taking notes and copying examples of difficult subjects, but does it really matter to him that much? Noli can barely stay awake by himself, he didn't have enough time for breakfast or coffee today and barely having slept the other night, he's really thinking about just giving up and not having to do anything at all. Maybe he should have been like his last-year's roommate. Simply just drop out. Or maybe, 007n7 could possibly still lead him on the right track- since he is now literally the reason he gets up in the morning at all.
Noli puts on his headphones on, hiding them while pulling the hood on his head and then pretends to listen to the teacher and take random notes, while in reality he's just doodling all over his old notes. But instead, he wonders about how to spend their weekend, since its the only time they get to take a 'break' from constantly studying and stressing over future projects that they have to prepare for. They still have quite a lot of money saved up due to constantly working during the summer so, maybe they can get groceries? Or just go to a restaurant and maybe get pizza, or- What is he even thinking about. It's only Thursday, the very start of the day, there's still a while until they can actually relax.
For the rest of the class, just daydreaming while listening to music so that he wouldn't fall asleep did the job, and when it finally ended it was his time to make sure he wouldn't get in trouble for falling asleep during class and the best solution was- Coffee. He and seven stood outside their next class- not talking, just processing that the day has already begun. Seven looked over to take a peek inside of the biology classroom, only to let out the most disappointed and saddest sigh ever recorded in history. The board displayed the learning phenomenon- the 'wheel of names'. There can only be a few things that might happen in this scenario; either they have to do group projects or they have to do individual projects. Neither of them sounded good.
Eventually when the class actually started each person's name that got picked by the 'wheel of fortune torture' had to spin another time to get a topic for the project and then start working on it during class and if they don't finish it, they get to do it in their 'free' time after today's classes because the teacher decided it had to be done by the Friday- which was tomorrow so they can present and learn from it. Oh well, what a shame, but the teacher was strict, and not doing anything in college is gonna get him kicked out- for sure.
He sits down on the desk next to the window, Seven taking his laptop out of his bag right next to him, and as the teacher explains what to do, Noli was already writing stuff on his laptop, he opens his slide program and soon enough the teacher announces his topic that he will have to present tomorrow (it was the teachers most efficient way of teaching). So after getting started and completing it half way, the last bell rings. 'has it really been that long?'
His last class was art class, which- easy enough, was just looking at paintings and modern art and learning how to critique and understand the specifics. Eventually that ended too.
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007n7 was already laying on the carpet when Noli got home, fair enough, seven must be a lot more tired after putting effort into stuff or at least trying.
"God, today's been awful. Remind me, did you eat anything for breakfast today or no?" Noli looked at Seven, who was trying to reconnect spiritually with the floor, but eventually he flipped over and faced Noli.
"Bro... like, what even is breakfast...?" He joked
Noli sighed at the sight of his poor malnourished roommate. "Alright, here's what you're gonna do now. Get up- lets go get us both something to eat." He opens their miniature fridge to let his eyes absorb the sight of absolute nothing (is this too dramatic ;-;)
"Can't you just... pour in some- uh.. boiling water into those instant ramen cups that we bought yesterday??" Seven glances at the kitchen
"sure, but just so you know- if you keep eating shit for your entire life, soon enough you're gonna be feeling like shit the rest of your fucking life." He spat.
"doesn't that also apply to you?" Seven raised a brow
"Seven, I swear to TELAMON! Get up cause I'm not letting you eat on the ground again. And don't forget we can't be slacking off! we still have those biology project presentations to finish, due TOMORROW! Now come on before you pass out from starvation, no time to waste." Noli gave a sweet reminder to Seven.
"Gosh- can you be any more negative today?" Seven eventually got up and took his laptop out of his bag before tossing it onto Noli's bed.
"Do you want the teriyaki chicken or spicy beef?" Noli referred to the flavors of the ramen.
"Wow, I even get to pick today?? Am I like royalty?" He grinned
"Alright, I'm keeping the teriyaki chicken, your fat ass can have the beef." Noli was not in the mood for playing today.
"What? Can't handle a joke? I get that were both starving but you're acting like a bitch."
"Shut up, come get yourself a fork." Noli set the instant ramen cups on the table and opened a root beer can next to them.
Seven sighs as he made his way to the kitchen which was three steps away by the way (the flaws of renting a tiny apartment).
"Finally. If you want you can take the last soda too, It's at the bottom of the fridge."
"Well, if it isn't the asshole who despised me when I set foot into the apartment for the first time, somehow tolerating me? I will gladly take your last soda!" Seven winked at noli but he just looked away in annoyance while Seven opened his last soda.
Noli decided not to say anything after that, I mean- can that asshole really just never shut his mouth speakers? By the way, he has been tolerating him since last Monday when seven showed him the answers in math class. Maybe he doesn't do well when he knows the other is just messing with him.
"I am actually going to skin you one day." He said after a while, sitting down at the table after pouring the water out his ramen noodles then adding the sauce and finally began to eat.
"Good to know, I'll be looking out for that 'one' day" Seven joked again- His sense of humor was just being annoying wasn't it..
Noli sighed before talking- "We should buy more of these cups during the weekend, It's good that they don't take too much effort"
"Yeah, otherwise our lazy-asses will be starving if we need to cook something for more that 5 minutes" Here he goes with his sarcastic jokes again, although Noli knows he's definitely not wrong, maybe they are finally empathizing with something.
"Right..." Noli was already multi-tasking and working on his presentation on the table while he ate since he didn't need to do much to finish it either way, he was just working on the last few slides and in the mean time- Seven decided to scroll on his phone and do absolutely nothing. How profitable.
"Wait- so did you check if we still have any yogurt? Maybe we should run to the store today because we won't have anything to eat tomorrow again." for once- Seven made a true statement cause they in-fact did not have anything to eat for breakfast tomorrow.
"fuck- I guess we still gotta do that huh.. After we finish our projects, okay?" He was almost done with his, so it wasn't a problem, but on the other hand- Seven still had like more than half of it that he had to finish.
It's been 20 minutes after they finished their ramen-noodles and Noli was proudly leaning back with his chair, finally done with this damn presentation. Even though he rushed it- he doesn't really care, I mean- He should get a good grade for it (at least that's what he thinks). He looks over to Seven, who is still scrolling on his phone, completely unaware of Noli already finishing his job for the day.
"Hey, Sev. You- planning to work on your biology presentation any time soon? Time's ticking." Noli tried to encourage him.
"Aw come on man- I'll do it in a bit... Can't we like watch a movie or something right now? I'm bored." Seven was gonna do anything else but finish his project. God- the struggle of living with this guy...
"Alright- listen here. If you can finish your project in the next hour: we can either watch a movie, buy food or do nothing. And before that- prioritize on working on that presentation so that we don't starve for tomorrow, alright? We need more yogurt and noodles." Isn't it funny how the tables have turned since the morning? Noli tried to reason with Seven, hopefully they can come to an agreement and both of then will be satisfied.
"Okay- fine. since I know you aren't planning to leave me alone any time soon." He walks over to Noli's bed and confidentially sits with his back against the wall, looking like a dead shrimp because there's not a lot of space for him to fit there.
While Seven works on his project; Noli is on his phone- trying to find the nearest bus stop to get to the grocery store, which was like 15 minutes away, but he didn't feel like walking, so choosing the easiest way of travel sounded the most ideal solution for this situation. Although if they wanted to come back before 7PM so that they could still watch a movie- meant that they have to get going in like one hour or else they will have to wait 20 minutes for the next bus.
After like 15 minutes pass, Noli hears a loud-frustrated groan coming directly from Seven's mouth, possibly indicating that he will not be able to finish his job in time for to get to the bus stop in time.
"What's wrong, Sev?" Noli did not sound happy. He may be concerned, but that's only because he knows Seven will be asking for help soon.
"Nol's can you come here? Can you see this real-quick?" Noli sighed loudly- he knew this was going to happen.
"alright.. What's wrong." He sits down next to his roommate
"Listen, I don't now what the fuck I'm doing here... Can you help me out here? I mean, if you do- we will be able to leave sooner right?" Seven knew Noli wouldn't help him because he's got a ton of good excuses not to, but considering that they both want to be done with this already, maybe he has a chance by reasoning.
"I knew you were going to ask me for help- God, can you do anything without needing my assistance??" It's true that they both require assistance from time-to-time, but Seven was just taking these chances to do nothing and get help for free most of the time. Noli swore in his head that this was going to be the last time ever he is going to help him in any way. Last. Time.
And so they sat there for a good agonizing hour, and by the time Seven actually finished it- it was way too late to go buy groceries. This meant they would have nothing to eat tomorrow, just a block of cheese that's probably dried up by now cause Seven forgot to wrap it plastic wrap or at least put it in a bag.
Eventually- Noli and Seven are laying together in the bottom of the bunk bed while watching some random movie Seven just insisted in watching, no matter how much he hated that movie, he still pretended to watch. Not even 20 minutes into the movie, Noli was already fighting to stay awake, and unfortunately for him- that was just not the kind of fight he could win at. Seven continued to watch that movie, but soon enough realized Noli was already fast-asleep on his shoulder, so instead of going to his own bed to sleep in- he lowered the volume of his laptop so that any loud noise wouldn't wake him up and continued watching.
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Noli woke up with extreme neck pain the next morning- unconscious that he was awake, he hugged Seven and continued to catch a few more Z's before... oh no. Eventually when his unconsciousness bled into consciousness he realized Seven was giggling at him the whole time. He and Seven have been cuddling in their sleep and Noli didn't even notice. Well- at least he's grateful that seven didn't wake him when his alarm went off, who knows how long they had been sleeping for.
Noli lifted his head up, looking at his surroundings- yep... That awkward smirk Seven had while trying not to laugh instantly made Noli panic and he quickly shot up from the bed and hit his head hard on the ceiling(?). What the fuck just happened. They both decided not to say anything at first, until finally, Seven started to say something.
"Jesus christ- well, that's a way to start off this morning. Is your head okay?" Seven asked with concern and no longer awkwardly laying there.
Noli sighed intensively, that hurt. He flopped down on the bed again, on the other side of there seven was sitting awkwardly- at least he didn't drool in his sleep, right??????
"I'm fine" He said while rubbing his eyes, then blinking for a few times, and eventually getting up to go to the bathroom and on his way there he found out that class should start in about 10 minutes- so now they're both fucked.
Without anything having enough time to escalate they both ran to wherever their first class was gonna be taking place at- which was the biology classroom and fortunately for them- it was just a few minutes of flying through stairs and getting there only one minute after the class had already started.
"Good morning, Noli and seven. Would it be too much to ask for you guys to come on time next class?" The teacher was not happy about anybody who walked in late to class, especially in the morning. Gladly only one minute does not mean they get any major consequences.
"Sorry, professor Rowan. The elevator took a long time to come." Seven loved lying
"Well, how about you boys make sure to leave your dorms a few minutes earlier so you would have enough time to get here. Now go and take a seat, we will have you present your topics and projects after a brief discussion." The professor waved his hand in the direction of their seats, urging them to sit.
Seven got to the window seat first, so Noli sat on the other seat this time (this is just a universal rule I think...) and then they both took out their laptops.
After that so-called 'brief discussion'- Their names would be picked off of another 'wheel of names' so that the teacher would not have to put any effort in picking them by himself. And as soon as the wheel spun- Noli's name was instantly picked. His stomach growled at that exact same moment- he has not even had any coffee yet, there's no way this would go well....
He took 4:49 minutes to present his topic which he had to memorize all by himself and the teacher decided to take one point away from him because he was supposed to hold on for at least 5 minutes... Not fair. So after some critique by the professor- he returned to his desk and got a B score. Not too bad, considering he only spent like two hours on it at most.
Next up went Melanie, Jess1ca and xJackx and a few others until eventually- Seven's name got spun. Time to shine and SURELY he's got this in the bag. FOR SURE.
He talked for about 5:31 minutes and the extra tips and secrets he learned from Noli and watching everyone here present got him an A score.. Not bad! AT ALL!! then suddenly...
"What? Not fair!!!" Melanie spat, complaining about her final score with all her friends jumping in to defend her.
"What? An A?? Professor, he literally did the exact thing that she did, why didn't she get an A though? This is clearly not fair!!!" Jess1ca angrily stood up for Melanie and tried to argue with the teacher. Big mistake...
"Jessica, sit down. Her slides may be more decorated, but that doesn't mean they were as competent as Seven's. Maybe next time you and your friend can focus on the theories, not just facts, you should have known that missing the entire point of research would not give you a perfect score. You barely even answered the questions I asked you! Jessica, that was basic knowledge." The Professor was now very irritated while poor little Seven continued to awkwardly stand in the front of the class, sweating, fidgeting with his hands and nervously waiting for the teacher to take care of it so he could simply just finally go in the back and sit down so that maybe he could go unnoticed... He for sure wasn't a fan of any drama, and being the reason that his neighbors are fighting to reason with the teacher now sounds really unfair from his side..
"Enough, Jessica-" Before he could finish his sentence someone from the back jumped into their argument again.
"Come on, Rowan. Can't we just settle this with her getting a better score? Like- clearly this isn't fair on her side... By the way, class should already be over." xJackx defended Melanie again, so the banter continued.
Noli really wanted to leave, but he still needed to get coffee and maybe buy a small and cheap snack from a vending machine if they restocked them today... Seven could have said the same, but the teacher ended up scolding everyone and they were only able to exit the classroom 4 minutes after it would have usually ended. Thanks Jess1ca...
Unfortunately there was a line of people trying to make coffee right now so that meant Noli would be late for his next class.. Surely art can wait, the teacher is very nice anyway.
The rest of the day went on as usual, no more drama, just a few weird looks that looked threatening from Jess1ca, and other then that- There were no more fights going on during lectures. Finally, now that the hard week was over they could finally lay back for a while... only to go through the same routine next week until the end of the year.
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"OH MY GOD FINALLY!! The weekend's fresh baby!!!" Seven exclaimed loudly with far too much enthusiasm, most likely pissing off their neighbors.
"I have no idea how I lived through this week." Noli's posture was slanted as he dragged his bag inside while sighing, throwing his overweighted backpack somewhere in their dorm. He didn't care where- he was just glad the weight is off his shoulders for a bit so he instantly falls right onto his bouncy bed. And finally, for once he feels relaxed.
Seeing as Noli gives up on standing- Seven follows, taking his place on the carpet again (what a weirdo.. maybe he should be studied)
"Well- since we finally have time to groceries, we will probably have to leave in like what... Thirty-minutes? Oh my god..." Noli sighed again while rubbing his eyes, the exhaustion really took over him as soon as his body collided with the soft bedsheets.
"Dude- fuck it, can't we just like go and eat pizza today? Surely we deserve it after such an annoying week." Seven felt glued to his fuzzy carpet, likely experiencing the exact same symptoms as Noli when he melted into his comfy bed.
"Yeah." Noli agreed. "I hope we never have to run into Jess1ca and her group ever again.. Those guys are total assholes, like- does their whole life consist of pissing people off?? God, give us a break!!." (btw they literally got the whole weekend, that totally counts as a break)
"Nah, I bet if they would be doing anything right now it probably would be complaining at that one pizza place because someone picked out a better pizza topping than they did." Seven laughed.
"They're just destined to cause chaos and destruction, I bet they would get kicked out of there in like... the first 5 minutes."
"for real." All of a sudden Seven casually whips out his C00lgui and starts typing in some stuff.
Noli doesn't realize it at first, but looking at it the next moment he starts to panic "Dude- put that away! You know we agreed that we don't use it in college grounds- what if it gets detected?? WE WOULD BE DONE FOR!" Noli quickly sits-up, worried that Seven might give both of the hackers away.
"Relaaaxxx" Seven waves his hand, gesturing Noli to lay back down. "I actually upgraded this things system, they won't even sense it, but if it does get detected, nobody's gonna assume the name "dorm security" would be a hacking client."
"That's exactly what I would not assume if something like that sowed up on my college's anti-cheat protection panel!! Turn it off!!" Noli stood up as to indicate that he, in fact- wasn't joking about this.
"Oh come on, just look at this!" Seven gestures to the screen, showing multiple commands such as: /fly or /teleport.
"Yeah, no... from now on we have a new rule- NO HACKING!!! Are you really going to risk getting kicked out of here in just 2 weeks!?? At least wait until we get Melanie and Jess1ca kicked out- that would be much better!" Noli grabbed on Sevens hand and suddenly-
Out of nowhere, they appeared in a random parking lot with Seven still laying on the ground with his C00lgui open. Noli was speechless..
"Can't catch us if were not near our college huh? Well, since were tired and hungry- I just thought teleporting would be the easiest way to travel, hm?" Seven calmly got up and put his hacking client away with a smug, Noli was flabbergasted.
"YOU IDIOT!!! You didn't even want to warn me before teleporting us into a public parking lot??? WE DIDN'T EVEN TAKE OUR STUFF, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PAY??" Noli was absolutely PISSED..
"Shh, I got money, just stop yelling..." Seven just casually whips out an entire stack of money that he definitely didn't earn fairly.
Noli's jaw dropped. .
"That's real money... right..?" He suddenly calmed down, he couldn't believe his eyes .
"Real?? Of course it's real!" Seven laughed, waving it around in the air.
"Be honest with me, is it your money.." Noli spoke with uncertainty...
"No, but I made sure I took it from a safe place, c'mon! Didn't you say you were starving??" he confidently winked at Noli, raising his eyebrows as in asking for verification.
"Seven... Who did you steal from..." Noli put his hand on his forehead, rubbing it from the headache this guy gives him every day. Too bad he will have to put up with him for a year or two until he graduates
"Oh, It's no-one... Just a little rat's friend who yells at people from the back for some reason!" He sounded proud of himself, his hands resting on his hips like he just saved the whole world.
"Oh, okay.. But just in case- you will put it back later... right?? Listen, we don't need more trouble- especially with her." Noli didn't argue, he was just hungry.
"Pfft- alright, but she doesn't deserve it.. " seven rolled his eyes as he turned towards the builder brothers pizzeria and putting his hand on Noli's shoulder, softly urging them to go in together. As soon as they entered, a bell signifies their presence, letting the workers know a customer just walked in. Noli glances at his shoulder, the feeling
"Good evening, may I take your order?" Asked a young blonde at the register with their name on his shirt, looking happy as ever, smiling with his eyes closed.
"Heyyyya!! Elliot, long time no see!" Seven spoke with such confidence, he sounded like he was greeting a policeman after committing the worst crime known to mankind.
"Hey there.. Seven." The blonde answered quietly, trying to hide his frown after meeting his eyes upon 007n7. Is he a wanted criminal here or something? Noli was really confused.
"Uh- yeah, we would like a pepperoni pizza and two sodas, please." Noli spoke uncomfortably instead of letting the tension between Seven and Elliot thicken, deciding what to order for the both of them.
"Actually, add a mushroom pizza to that as well, to take out of course!" Seven confidently waved the cash in the air like it belonged to him.
Elliot sighed while typing something into his register.. probably calculating the price of their order. "That will be about 25." He stopped trying to smile, his eyes revealed how exhausted he probably was, it was a long week for him too, wasn't it?..
"Alright!" Seven took 30 bucks out of the stack and handed it to Elliot with a large smug on his face. "Keep the change." He flexed, avoiding Noli's glare doubting him, which would have probably made him realize it will most likely get them into trouble, but he’s not gonna throw away the chance of bragging about money in front of the poor dude who was just trying to do his job to not even get the same amount of money after working for a month.
Elliot's eyes flickered from Noli to Seven and slowly took the money out of Seven's hand, sorting it into the cash register and sending the order to the kitchen. "Your order should be prepared for pick-up in about 15 minutes, thank you and have a nice day…" He didn’t hesitate to sigh right after saying that, indicating that he can’t wait for these idiots to leave - he can’t risk them causing any trouble this day…
Seven laughed "you too!" While hooking his hand around Noli's shoulders and urgingly suggesting him to go sit to wait at one of the tables.
Eventually Seven and Noli sat across each other at one of the booths that were closest to the registers, the place wasn’t even that crowded anyway. Seven began staring out the window, the sea view behind the trees just looked so relaxing.. He can't help but smile and quietly giggle thinking about a time he roasted Elliot and he got kicked out the building. Ah- the good old days... He looked over to his roommate, trying to figure out what he was thinking about.
Noli had taken his hoodie off and draped it over the booth they decided to sit on, now his elbows were on the table, holding his hands up to his chin to support his head weight. Seven's eyes were fixated on the glow of his hair and mask from the sun. He looked so peaceful, so relaxed, he couldn't help but admire it. Seven could never tell what Noli was looking at due to his mask, he was probably just glad that they got the chance to go out and buy pizza. He always prefers to buy food rather than make it which can be really annoying when they had assignments and projects to work on, not to mention all the studying they have to do..
"Hey, you know that guy"? Noli gestured towards the register where Elliot was doing something on his phone. He looked back and tilted his head as he stared at Seven, waiting for him to say something.
“Well, of course I do! I though it was obvious that we're friends!” He smiles and leans slightly to the side and puts his hands on the table as well.
“You sure? He looked at you like you were some kind of criminal here.. ” Noli doubted him.
“Meh, he’s always like that. Surely I don’t bother him THAT much-” Seven shrugged while rolling his eyes.
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Right about 12 minutes later they just pick up their order and decide to go home and rest. But right as they walk for a few minutes they hear somebody calling out to them from behind, Noli quickly recognized their voice and instantly turned around, his eyes widened and he saw 118o8 and Yeslo having a cute little picnic under one of the trees in the park, waving and gesturing them over to join. Noli and Seven both gave little waves back to them.
"Yo, Nol's! Long time no see!" Yeslo shouted while happily munching on a pink decorated cupcake.
"Hey, didn't expect you guys to be here today!" Noli exclaimed as he and Seven had made their way under the tree's shadow with them.
"What's up Eight? Having a little picnic?" Both Eight and Yeslo nodded while still enjoying some sweet pastries.
Eight chuckles after finishing the cookie she was just munching on. "Wanna join us? I see we weren't the only one's with the idea of going out to buy food." She mentions the pizzas Seven was carrying in a bag.
"Hell yeah, we're starving!" Noli nodded, which Seven also agreed.
"Perfect!" Yeslo began moving some stuff like their bags to their side of the picnic blanket to make space for them to sit and also unbox their pizzas but unfortunately they didn't have enough room for Noli, so he had to use his hoodie to make it into his own personal 'extension' to the picnic. Soon the fresh air turned from smelling like sugary cakes to peperoni and mushrooms as everyone grabbed a slice and continued chatting for a bit.
Yeslo giggled from a stupid unserious joke Seven told them, classic stupid 007n7. "Wait, I've been meaning to ask, what's up with you and that girl at the back of the classroom? Jess1ca I think was her name? Genuinely, do ya'll have beef or..." she asked curiously, sipping on some fresh cold lemonade.
"Eh.. She just woke up this morning and decided to be an absolute asshole, not sure why.." Seven sighed after finishing his first slice of pizza he was eating. "To be honest, I don't know why she even thought it would be a good Idea going against professor Rowan, she and her friends totally got their asses beat!" Seven laughed out loud as if he wasn't nervous as hell in that classroom.
"Why worry about problems now? It's finally weekend, I feel like we should rest our minds." Noli spoke up after a while of staying quiet. Truth be told- he was already having a pretty bad headache and it was exhausting him even more.
"Right, I agree.. She got what she deserves anyway.." Yeslo added.
118o8 sighed. "Alright.. forgot not all of us here are extroverted." Eight accepted while taking another bite of a cookie. "I genuinely love this place. I feel like we should be coming here more often Yeslo!"
"Yeah, you're right. If only we didn't have so much studying to do... I'd love to visit this place more with you guys." They smiled softly and turned to face Eight as the conversation eventually came to an end.
The sun was now setting, a bright golden shine was casted among the four friends, Highlighting all the little details while leaving a large shadow behind and the soft and cold breeze felt so refreshing, with a few leaves falling down from the large oak tree as the bushed rustled from it. Some birds were performing various kinds of calls, the atmosphere felt so perfect, so calming... Seven looked over at ]Noli again, His black locks were slightly being pushed around in his face, his mask reflecting the most gorgeous light golden glow, it felt so unreal, he couldn't help but admire his roommate in all his glory. Isn't that weird? Probably not, right?
Yeslo and Eight noticed How intensively Seven was staring at Noli who was innocently looking up at the tree they were under. Seven's tail was unconsciously swaying side-to-side and he leaned backwards a bit, holding his body up by his hands on the grass behind him. He closed his eyes for a bit, just enjoying the last bit of warmth from the sun before it goes away until suddenly Noli starts tweaking and panicking in distress - he had been sitting really close to an ants nest this entire time.. Seems like the ants finally got to him after all that time...
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Eventually everyone got packed up and left, back at their dorms Noli immediately takes a shower to get those remaining stingy ants off of him. In the mean time Seven takes the chance to change into his pj's and climb into his top bunk bed while scrolling on his phone. In about 20 minutes Noli walks out of the shower, clean from head-to-toe and already changed too. He looks over the bed to find his roommate sleeping and sighs.. He'd been acting strange today. It felt different, abnormal. He didn't know how to feel, he can't tell what kind of intentions he has.
Noli felt weak, his headache continuing to eternally terrorize him, maybe he will take his mask off for once.. He brushes his hair out of his face and unties his mask from the back of his head that he just put on after showering. He breathes in. Twice. and quietly gets into his bed trying not to shake it, so that he wouldn't wake his sleeping friend up. He doesn't pull his blanket on, he just stares at the bottom of seven's mattress. The light was still on, if Noli were to turn it off - he'd have to get up again. He should turn it off now. He doesn't want to disturb Seven though... He doesn't want to get up. The exhaustion did numbers on him, his eyes slowly starts to close...
The light stayed up for the whole night.